[Epclayton]

The queens been out fou 5 days.
I am feeding.
They look great, they have built on six bars, 3 of which are about half complete. The combs are straight and aligned with the top bar.

The girls are bringing in pollen like crazy.

There look very busy not depressed.

I see pollen and nector stores around the area where the brood is to go.

Here's the question.
I looked for eggs, not sure if I was sending them, eyes sight not great.
I didn't see larvae, I did see a couple of cells that looked like they might be half full of transparent stuff, larvae?

This inspection was on Wednesday, I'm not planning to look under the hood again until next Wednesday.

Should I look sooner to see if I can see larvae?

 

[fruitveggirl]

Eggs can be difficult to see. You just have to look very, very closely. They look like really teeny, weeny grains of rice at the bottom of the cells. However, knowing that an egg takes about 3.5 days to turn into a larva, you should definitely look for those during your next inspection. Larvae are not transparent white stuff. They look like tiny coiled worms.

 

[ruthiesbees]

transparent stuff would be the royal jelly that the eggs get fed. It goes in after the egg does, so you are all set.